ive seen a few come up for sale on ebay, would anyone care to offer an opinion or review of the model ?
Hi @bigmac (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=847)
I bought one new - King John if memory serves. It is very similar to the original GF Castle on which it is based. It has a new front bogie and smoke box. The rest is basically the same as the Castle. You can get a King with single or double chimney.
The King works well alongside other original Farish locos but it rather crude by today's standards. You can add tender pick-ups to improve running (kits are available from BR Lines).
Bottom line, until someone releases a new King it is the only show in town. 😉
Hope this helps.
Paddy
I always preferred the Foxhunter kit body on the Farish chassis.
It's a shame Lima never made the King in N that they advertised in catalogues, but then again it would have been as poor a runner as their tender-drive 4F, so maybe not a shame at all :D :D
Quote from: ntpntpntp on October 23, 2019, 12:03:55 PM
It's a shame Lima never made the King in N that they advertised in catalogues, but then again it would have been as poor a runner as their tender-drive 4F, so maybe not a shame at all :D :D
And would probably have been 1/152 scale :doh: